Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 302.590
b) Principles for Development of Criteria or Values
c) Determining the Risk-Associated Dose (RAD). The RAD must be calculated using the following equation:
RAD = 0.00001 / q1*
Where:
| RAD | = | risk-associated dose in milligrams of toxicant or combinations of toxicants per kilogram body weight per day (mg/kg/day) |
| 0.00001 (1 X 10-5) | = | incremental risk of developing cancer equal to 1 in 100,000 |
| q1* | = | slope factor (mg/kg/day)-1 |
| RAD | = | risk-associated dose in milligrams of toxicant or combinations of toxicants per kilogram body weight per day (mg/kg/day) |
| 0.00001 (1 X 10(-5)) | = | incremental risk of developing cancer equal to 1 in 100,000 |
| q1* | = | slope factor (mg/kg/day)-1 |
d) Determining the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health Nonthreshold Criterion (LMHHNC) or the Lake Michigan Basin Human Health Nonthreshold Value (LMHHNV)
LMHHNC or LMHHNV =
{ RAD x BW } / { WC + [(FCTL3 x BAFHHTL3) + (FCTL4 x BAFHHTL4)] }
Where:
| LMHHNC or LMHHNV is in milligrams per liter (mg/L) | ||
| RAD | = | risk-associated dose of a substance or combination of substances in milligrams per day (mg/d) which is associated with a lifetime cancer risk level equal to a ratio of 1 to 100,000 |
| BW | = | weight of an average human (BW = 70 kg) |
| WC | = | per capita water consumption for surface waters classified as public water supplies = two liters/day, or per capita incidental daily water ingestion for surface waters not used as human drinking water sources = 0.01 liters/day |
| FCTL3 | = | mean consumption of trophic level 3 of regionally caught freshwater fish = 0.0036 kg/day |
| FCTL4 | = | mean consumption of trophic level 4 of regionally caught freshwater fish = 0.0114 kg/day |
| BAFHHTL3, BAFHHTL4 | = | bioaccumulation factor for trophic levels 3 and 4 as derived in Section 302.570 |
An LMHHNC or LMHHNV must be derived for those toxic substances for which any exposure, regardless of extent, carries some risk of damage from cancer or a nonthreshold toxic mechanism. For single or combinations of substances, a risk level of 1 in 100,000 (or 10-5) must be used to determine an LMHHNC or LMHHNV.
(Source: Amended at 47 Ill. Reg. 4437, effective March 23, 2023)